This program is a member services forum for child and adolescent psychiatry fellows and early career psychiatrists (ECPs) to explore the transition from trainee to attending psychiatrist and make mentorship connections with other child and adolescent psychiatrists in their geographic region. Specific aims of the program include improving the following skill sets:

1.    Leadership and administration;
2.    Business and medical economics with a special emphasis on private practice and CPT coding;
3.    Personal growth and humanism; and
4.    Transition to a new personal and professional life as an ECP.

The program also reinforces effective practices in the mentee/mentor relationship, raises awareness of local AACAP resources, and fosters ECP interest in active involvement in local AACAP activities. As a result, ECPs gain a better understanding of how to utilize mentorship, feel more connected to their regional organization, and make use of the regional organization as a mentorship resource.